diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/incremental_backup-c18804d6277adf62.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/incremental_backup-c18804d6277adf62.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24cc6910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/incremental_backup-c18804d6277adf62.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+features:
+  - The --incremental flag for backup-create will
+    add the abiility to create incremental backup based
+    on last full or incremental backup. If no full or
+    incremental backup exists a new full backup will
+    be created.
diff --git a/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py b/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
index f6401a04..85fb043d 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class BackupManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
     def test_create(self):
         create_mock = mock.Mock()
         self.backups._create = create_mock
-        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1'}
+        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1', 'incremental': False}
         body = {'backup': args}
         self.backups.create(**args)
         create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class BackupManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
     def test_create_description(self):
         create_mock = mock.Mock()
         self.backups._create = create_mock
-        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1', 'description': 'foo'}
+        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1', 'description': 'foo',
+                'incremental': False}
         body = {'backup': args}
         self.backups.create(**args)
         create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ class BackupManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
     def test_create_with_instance_obj(self):
         create_mock = mock.Mock()
         self.backups._create = create_mock
-        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': self.instance_with_id.id}
+        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': self.instance_with_id.id,
+                'incremental': False}
         body = {'backup': args}
         self.backups.create('test_backup', self.instance_with_id)
         create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
@@ -79,7 +81,16 @@ class BackupManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
     def test_create_incremental(self):
         create_mock = mock.Mock()
         self.backups._create = create_mock
-        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1', 'parent_id': 'foo'}
+        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1', 'parent_id': 'foo',
+                'incremental': False}
+        body = {'backup': args}
+        self.backups.create(**args)
+        create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
+
+    def test_create_incremental_2(self):
+        create_mock = mock.Mock()
+        self.backups._create = create_mock
+        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1', 'incremental': True}
         body = {'backup': args}
         self.backups.create(**args)
         create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
@@ -88,7 +99,7 @@ class BackupManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
         create_mock = mock.Mock()
         self.backups._create = create_mock
         args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': 'foo',
-                'backup': '1'}
+                'backup': '1', 'incremental': False}
         body = {'backup': args}
         self.backups.create(**args)
         create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
diff --git a/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py b/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
index fafa2925..660b7890 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
@@ -767,7 +767,8 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
             'POST', '/backups',
             {'backup': {
                 'instance': '1234',
-                'name': 'bkp_1'
+                'name': 'bkp_1',
+                'incremental': False
             }})
 
     def test_backup_copy(self):
@@ -776,6 +777,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
             'POST', '/backups',
             {'backup': {
                 'name': 'new_bkp',
+                'incremental': False,
                 'backup': {'region': None, 'id': 'bk-1234'}
             }})
 
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/backups.py b/troveclient/v1/backups.py
index 3062f7ff..d0ac6733 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/backups.py
@@ -51,18 +51,21 @@ class Backups(base.ManagerWithFind):
                                query_strings)
 
     def create(self, name, instance, description=None, parent_id=None,
-               backup=None,):
+               backup=None, incremental=False):
         """Create a new backup from the given instance.
 
         :param name: name for backup.
         :param instance: instance to backup.
         :param description: (optional).
         :param parent_id: base for incremental backup (optional).
+        :param incremental: flag to indicate incremental backup based on
+        last backup
         :returns: :class:`Backups`
         """
         body = {
             "backup": {
-                "name": name
+                "name": name,
+                "incremental": int(incremental)
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/shell.py b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
index 7741f4be..7df77494 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -943,13 +943,18 @@ def do_backup_delete(cs, args):
 @utils.arg('--parent', metavar='<parent>', default=None,
            help='Optional ID of the parent backup to perform an'
            ' incremental backup from.')
+@utils.arg('--incremental', action='store_true', default=False,
+           help='Create an incremental backup based on the last'
+                ' full or incremental backup. It will create a'
+                ' full backup if no existing backup found.')
 @utils.service_type('database')
 def do_backup_create(cs, args):
     """Creates a backup of an instance."""
     instance = _find_instance(cs, args.instance)
     backup = cs.backups.create(args.name, instance,
                                description=args.description,
-                               parent_id=args.parent)
+                               parent_id=args.parent,
+                               incremental=args.incremental)
     _print_object(backup)